Right now, Rodriguez is focused on what he wants, and that is to stride out to the Octagon this weekend before a raucous crowd in Mexico City and take the first step towards his dream of ascending to the top of the UFC flyweight division.
“It’s my first step,” he said. “I used to dream of having this, I used to look at this as the goal — to make a debut and to be here now — but I only see that as the first step of a journey.
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“Unfortunately, it’s Kevin Borjas that is gonna be the first one on the list here. I have to go through him, and it’s going to be in front of people that I know have great expectations, so I hope to meet them, and everybody enjoys the night.”
Having dreamt of this moment for years and prepared for it earnestly for the last several months, Rodriguez had zero hesitation when asked how he sees himself getting his hand raised on Saturday.
“We’ve worked for this, we’ve visualized this, it’s planned: it’s a knockout in the first round. I know people think it doesn’t happen, but they’ve all said, ‘No one has ever knocked him out,’ but we’ll do this, and that’s it; I’m gonna be the first one.
“I came here to (bring) some order to this division.”
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